Canute Close, Walsall Data via plota.co.uk

25/0799 - Tree Application Registered Application

Proposal

T2 - Self Setter x3 - Fell. T3 - Connifer - Crown lift to 4 metres over car park. T4 - Sorbus - Cut back from property to give 2m clearance. T4 - Sorbus - Cut back from property to give 2m clearance. T5 - Sorbus - Cut back from property to give 2m clearance. T6 - Beech - Fell. T7 - Hawthorne - Fell. T8 - Sycamore - Remove Deadwood. T9 - Holm Oak - Fell. T10 - Sycamore - Crown lift to 4m. T11 - Sycamore - Cut back from property to give 2m clearance. T12 - Beech - Crown lift to 6m over public road. T13 - Sorbus - Fell. T14 - Tylia (multi stem) - Crown lift to 5m over public road. T15 - Hornbeam - Crown lift to 5m over public road. T16 - Cherry Tree - Fell. TL1 - 2x Beech, 1x Silver Birch, 1x Holly, 1x Cherry = x5 Fell. TL2 - 1x Cherry, 1x Holly, 3x Hawthorne = x5 Crown lift to 4m over carpark. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
9 Jul 2025
Decision
Target date was 2 Sept 2025

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision around 28 Oct 2026; it is now day 476.

Site constraints 5

Air quality management area: Walsall AQMA
The council has declared the area as failing an air quality objective.
Schemes that add traffic, parking or combustion plant are assessed against the area's action plan and may need an air quality assessment.
Council record ↗
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2; Nature improvement area: Birmingham and the Black Country; Coalfield, development low risk area; Inside the Walsall built-up area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 17 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Mining Remediation Authority, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council
Walsall
Application type
Tree Application
Received
9 Jul 2025
Validated
9 Jul 2025
Ward
St Matthews (pre May 2026 ward change)
Case officer
Show
Target decision
2 Sept 2025
Applicant
Show
Agent
Laura Martin

Decision outlook

Day 476, past the statutory target. 23% of tree and landscaping works in Walsall are decided within thirteen weeks; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 23 Oct 2026.

Day 476420 days past the 56-day target
7%decided within 8 weeks
90%approved
103decided in the last year

Plota live figures for tree and landscaping works decided by Walsall in the last twelve months, from validation. Walsall decision record →

Walsall
Planning Authority Score
2.1/10
Poor
#271 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Walsall is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #228 out of 296. The council extends the time limit on 56% of applications - one of the highest rates in England. Expect your application to take longer than the standard deadline. Householder applications are slightly less likely to be approved here (89%) than the national average (90%).

Frequently extends decision deadlines
expect longer than the statutory limit
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Walsall decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
84%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #230 of 296
89%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #213 of 296
52%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #228 of 296
56%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #257 of 296
66%
Minor dwellings approved
95 decided (1-9 homes)
75%
Major dwellings approved
4 decided (10+ homes)
60%
Change of use approved
48 decided
800
Total decisions
128 refused in the year to March 2026